Moonshot, the guests of the third episode tonight on Rai 1

Tthird and final round of the carousel for Moonshotwhich returns tonight at 9.30pm on Rai 1. The multifaceted Virginia Raffaele will host, intent on accompanying the public into the world in which she grew up, that of Luna Park. An almost dreamlike journey through games, memories and suggestions in the company of guests who take turns on stage.

MoonshotSabrina Ferilli guest of the third episode

The program will close with the last three guests announced. It’s about Sabrina Ferilli, Francesca Michielin and the Magician Silvan. Sabrina Ferilli is the name that stands out more than the others. In addition to serving the show with games and sketches, the actress arrives on Rai 1 also to launch the new series of which she is the protagonist.

Is titled Glory and will be broadcast in three episodes, starting from the second half of February. Directed by Fausto Brizzi, it tells the story of Gloria Grandi, a great Italian actress now on her way out. A true cinema diva, who however had to fall back on series and commercials. Convinced of her potential, she decides to return to the big screen. The phone, however, doesn’t ring and her sense of frustration increases.

The turning point comes when, following a medical error, his agent has an idea that is as brilliant as it is questionable, but which works. The cast also includes Massimo Ghini, Emanuela Grimalda, Sergio Assisi, Martina Lampugnani and Luca Angeletti. For Ferilli it is a real return 12 years after his last Rai experienceor the series Neither with you nor without you.

Francesca Michielin and Mago Silvan

Francesca Michielin, on the other hand, is returning from her second year as host of X Factorthe Sky talent show that crowned her winner in 2012. Furthermore, has recently released the new single, entitled Usual chatter, released last December 15th. The latest album, however, dates back to February 2023 and is titled Loose dogs.

The world of Luna Park brings with it something magical and the presence of Mago Silvan is absolutely in line with the context. Born in 1937, he made his TV debut in 1956 in the program First applause, hosted by Enzo Tortora. It was the beginning of a long association with the small screen, which from 1973 to 1980 he saw him lead Sim Salabim. He increases his fame and over the years he is often a guest on various programs.

In 2021 he is the narrator of the Rai 2 docureality I want to be a wizard!, while in 2017 he was awarded by the Magic Circle of London as the best magician in the world.

Moonshotthe masks of Virginia Raffaele

Even tonight Virginia Raffaele brings her series of characters to the stage. There is the sui generis announcer Donata Stirpewho introduces the program from his bedroom, and there is the conductor Beatrice Venezi. Space, then, for yours Barbara Albertisex-focused feminist, at one Bianca Berlinguer perpetually angry and at poet of life the transsexual Paula Gilberto Do Mar.

What all the masks have in common is the ironic language full of jokes, double meanings and not-so-subtle criticisms. Worth noting Paula Gilberto Do Mar’s monologue of the second episode, «born poetry, a different way of saying the same». Then she continues: «I was born like this, I am something else. They wanted me boring, they wanted me prose.”

Finally the climax: «The point is the clear difference between being myself and the most stupid ignorance. Does anyone who thinks I’m different think they’re normal? They told me everything. They called me an animal. Dad, look at me, I’m no longer hidden. They are reality. (…) I was broken in my desire for life, but I fixed myself, I understood myself. What is broken can be repaired, what you hate you can learn to love. My name is Paola Gilberto Do Mar and I am poetry. You have your say and I have said mine.” An intense moment that ends with a choreography to the tune of Woman woman woman And Still with Mina’s amazing voice.

The cast includes Francesco Arca and Carlo Conti

That’s not all, because Moonshot is proposed as a nostalgic variety of those 70s that made the history of Italian television. Therefore the presenter also engages in banter with the guests and with his traveling companions. The fixed cast, in fact, is made up of four colleagues each of whom is assigned a certain task.

Francesco Arca it is the trait d’union between the various moments of the program, but also the shoulder on which Virginia leans. And he is also entrusted with the task of introducing the “guests” played by the hostess.

Then, there is Carlo Conti, who intervenes in the role of the institutional interviewer. Until now he has put himself on the line with two surreal interviews with (the mask of) Patty Pravo. Still, Gigi D’Alessio who returns with his musical performances and Maurizio Ferrini in the role of Mrs. Emma Coriandoli.

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